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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here-- thanks-- that makes a lot of sense that ED  could, or average, have lower scores, but those kids could have hooks that are important to the school.  If you don't have a hook, maybe you really don't have any better luck with admission than you would with RD.  [/quote]

If your kid has a strong preference and you can financially commit, applying ED signals to the school that it's your first choice which might tip the scales in a later round. [b]Selective schools care about yield and admitting students that they are pretty sure will enroll.[/b]

Anecdotes are not data, but two strong students in my [b]DC's friend group deferred in the ED round[/b] where they applied (no hooks) and both wound up being accepted RD - one to Swarthmore, one to Duke. [/quote]

ED is binding, so it isn't a matter of being pretty sure. An ED applicant is committing to enrollment, so yield in ED is 100% regardless. The other 94% for the most selective schools is due to the chum of RD.[/quote]

ED is not binding when you are deferred -- so yield on deferred ED applicants is NOT 100%.[/quote]

Deferred is not acceptance. If you are accepted at ED, it is binding. Thus, 100% of applicants accepted at ED will matriculate.[/quote]

I'm the PP. Was unclear

What I was trying to say that the (tiny sample of) students I know who applied ED to Swat and Duke were deferred by the colleges. Both schools said they would consider those kids' apps in the RD round (the students, of course, put in applications at several other schools while they waited). Both were admitted during RD and the college counselor said that the fact that both had signaled that those schools were their top choice by applying ED initially, was a plus when the colleges were looking at their apps in the context of the RD round. Counselor called and discussed the applicants between the deferral and the acceptance.

Colleges do care about yield -- the number of admitted students from the RD round who will actually say yes; obviously, their yield in ED will be 100%.

My point was that even if applying ED doesn't necessarily boost the chances of an unhooked applicant getting in early, [b]having applied ED itself may be a plus.[/b][/quote]

I wonder too if ED application is a way need-blind schools can ensure more of their RD admitted pool has the means to pay (which also impacts yield). [/quote]

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